Escarmain has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is in Valenciennes, 9 mi away: 202 names, starting with Antoine Watteau. No town in Nord lists more than Lille, with 717. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241. 279 towns across Nord can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Escarmain (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Escarmain as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Escarmain
Close by, the fullest list is Valenciennes’, at 202 names.
Valenciennes · 9 miAntoine Watteau & 201 more
Le Cateau-Cambrésis · 9 miÉdouard Mortier & 11 more
Trith-Saint-Léger · 8 miDaniel Leclercq & 6 more
Le Quesnoy · 4 miJacqueline de Hainaut & 2 moreJDAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes · 7 miJean Dauby & 2 moreDBSolesmes · 4 miDominique-Emmanuel Blanchard & 1 moreRDThiant · 7 miRoger Devemy & 1 more
Avesnes-les-Aubert · 8 miAndré Gernez & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Escarmain
Who counts as from Escarmain?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Escarmain itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Antoine Watteau: Rosalba Carriera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Mortier: Edouard Louis Dubufe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Leclercq: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline de Hainaut: anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.